The Gallery of Natural Phenomena

The earth, the sea, the sky - and beyond

“Simplex 6 cyl. 50 h.p. Car stopped by a blown down tree near Louviers (?) on the road to Paris.” 4 June 1912

“AIX-LES-BAINS - Sea of clouds”

NIAGARA FALLS FROZEN. Circa 1936

AURORA, Finland

ENGLAND, South coast. Margate? Storm surge“The Tidal Wave, Jan. 7, 1905 - The waves sweeping into the Hotel Metropole.”On January 7, 1905, a NW’ly gale and high tide swept down the east coast of England, flooding extensive tracts of land and causing great property destruction.

HURRICANE, Massachusetts, USA.“September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Disastrous Hurricane which swept New England, an upheaval of Nature seldom, if ever known in this part of the country. In its wake it left behind a horrible death toll of over 600, with another 100 persons still missing; nearly 6000 homes were completely destroyed…The fury of the wind crippled power, light and telephone systems, uprooted hundreds of thousands of great trees and countless smaller trees, and wrecked an untold amount of boats and small craft.”

SICILY. After the Messina earthquake, 28 December 1908. A postcard sent from Messina on 5 October 1910